Jazz Age Vocabulary Flashcards
Bootlegging
The illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of goods, especially alcohol or recordings
Capitalism
An economic system in which private individuals or businesses own capital goods. The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market
Flapper
Young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous
Gross National Product
The total value of all goods and services that a country produces in a given year
Influenza Epidemic
An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of an influenza virus that spreads across a large region (either multiple continents or worldwide) and infects a large proportion of the population
Installment Buying
Purchasing a commodity over a period of time. The buyer gains the use of the commodity immediately and then pays for it in periodic payments called installments
Migrant Worker
Those who travel from another country in order to provide a labor service in their new country
Public Works
The work of building such things as roads, schools, and reservoirs, carried out by the government for the community.
Recession
A significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months
Relief
The partial or total forgiveness of debt
Stock Exchange
Place where stocks are bought and sold between investors and businesses
Work Relief
Relief of the unemployed through wages paid for jobs provided by the government on public works
18th Amendment
Banning of alcohol
19th Amendment
Legalized women’s right to vote
Black Tuesday/ Thursday/Friday
Marked the collapse of the stock market near the end of 1929
Dust Bowl
Name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s
Great Depression
The worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929
Harlem Renaissance
A period in the U.S. marked by the creativity of African Americans in areas such as art, music, and literature.
Herbert Hoover
31st president during WWI.
Hoovervilles
A hut town built by homeless people during the Great Depression.
Hundred Days
The beginning of a president’s term in office, the first 100 days made by Theodore Roosevelt.
Jazz Age
A period in the 1920s and 1930s when jazz music and dance became popular in the U.S.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
An agreement between 15 nations outlawing war and eventually had 48 other nations join the pact.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian immigrants who were convicted of murdering 2 men during an armed robbery in 1920.
New Deal
Roosevelt suggested making the three R’s. Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Scottsboro Case
The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women aboard a train near Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert B. Fall illegally leased oil reserves to private companies without competitive bidding for some bribes
